Sand sculpture of WTC plane attack on
9/11
Many people think this photo is a fake, but it's
not. It's a genuine sand scupture of how a
well-known sand artist imagined the terrorist attack on
New York's World Trade Center on September 11,
2001.

Tourist
at World Trade Center on September 11,
2001
At the exact minute Muslim terrorists flew planes into
the World Trade Center in 2001, this guy was allegedly
standing on the observation deck of the WTC in front of
one of the planes, quietly having his photo taken.
Yeah, right!

The
Shroud of Turin
Feelings run strong on whether the Shroud of Turin is
genuine or bogus. There is strong evidence for both
sides, but both can't be right.

Hylaeosaurus in jungle
village
Here's a rare photo of a dinosaur ambling through a
jungle village. This is an excellent hoax based on a
dinosaur that many people know little about.

The
John T. Scopes 1925 UFO
This photo of the central character in the famous
“evolution monkey trial” of 1925 shows a
UFO in the background. We found it on a university
website and have now fakebusted it!

Plesiosaur (Pacific blue)
This is a very good fabricated photo allegedly of an
extinct plesiosaur swimming behind a diver in the
Pacific Ocean. But let's fakebust it anyway.

The Hercules mammoth
This pathetic photo of a mammoth is so bad that we
still have trouble believing that anyone thought it was
genuine. It is an extremely amateurish attempt to add
fur to an elephant, yet it fooled some.

Extinct South China Tiger
A Chinese farmer was jailed in September 2008 for
selling these fake photos of the rare, or extinct,
South China tiger to China's Shaanxi Forestry
Department.

ArchaeopteryxArchaeopteryx is an extinct bird known only
from fossils, so if this photo was real it should have
reaped millions from science journals and newspapers
instead of just doing the rounds in emails.

Sahara sail dinosaur
Hmmm. What can we say? How many were conned by this
plastic dinosaur superimposed on a genuine background?

Black Forest dinosaur
A small dinosaur in a forest clearing looked like the
perfect dinosaur shot. But we've fakebusted it!

Important note

Astute readers will realize that just because most of the
photos in this series are fakes, it does not mean every
sensational photo is a fraud. A picture of a living
dinosaur may still prove to be genuine. The purpose of
analyzing these photos is to show you some major areas to
watch for — simply to help you spot hoaxes.